<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" ?><!-- generator=Zoho Sites --><rss version="2.0" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/"><channel><atom:link href="https://www.ripplestone.com/blogs/tag/formulas/feed" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"/><title>Ripplestone - Ripplestone Blog #Formulas</title><description>Ripplestone - Ripplestone Blog #Formulas</description><link>https://www.ripplestone.com/blogs/tag/formulas</link><lastBuildDate>Sun, 29 Mar 2026 05:33:34 -0700</lastBuildDate><generator>http://zoho.com/sites/</generator><item><title><![CDATA[Delimited Crystal Reports Parameter Values]]></title><link>https://www.ripplestone.com/blogs/post/delimited-crystal-reports-parameter-values</link><description><![CDATA[We have a Ripplestone client that has a report with a string value parameter that had values that were delimited so it could be any of the listed valu ]]></description><content:encoded><![CDATA[<div class="zpcontent-container blogpost-container "><div data-element-id="elm_SGL6NurxS1SKB2BaYM34dg" data-element-type="section" class="zpsection "><style type="text/css"></style><div class="zpcontainer-fluid zpcontainer"><div data-element-id="elm_Nc7e2V3yRQ6IZDVxyOQ7GA" data-element-type="row" class="zprow zprow-container zpalign-items- zpjustify-content- " data-equal-column=""><style type="text/css"></style><div data-element-id="elm_tQFBf24YR82jNRiODQOTOg" data-element-type="column" class="zpelem-col zpcol-12 zpcol-md-12 zpcol-sm-12 zpalign-self- "><style type="text/css"></style><div data-element-id="elm_j-iZjHtyQ-qE4BiNYVG5SA" data-element-type="text" class="zpelement zpelem-text "><style></style><div class="zptext zptext-align- " data-editor="true"><div><p>We have a <a href="http://www.ripplestone.com" target="_blank">Ripplestone</a> client that has a report with a string value parameter that had values that were delimited so it could be any of the listed values.&#160; This was then used within the Selection with a IN clause.</p><p>The values were surrounded with double quotes and then had brackets around the quoted values.&#160; Below is an example:</p><p>&#160;</p><pre class="csharpcode"></pre><br/><br/><p>&#160;</p><br/><br/><p>The problem was that the double quotes would not work within Ripplestone since the double quotes would not work with the HTML Dropdown Box.&#160; All that would be returned in the HTML would be the bracket (“[“) and nothing else.</p><br/><br/><p>We found with some testing that we could remove the Brackets AND the double quotes and the report would still work.&#160; Below is the delimited list without the brackets and the double quotes.</p><br/><br/><pre class="csharpcode">40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45</pre><br/><br/><p>&#160;</p><br/><br/><p>This worked in both the Crystal Reports designer and also when published to Ripplestone.<style type="text/css"><br/><br/>.csharpcode, .csharpcode pre<br/>{<br/> font-size: small;<br/> color: black;<br/> font-family: consolas, "Courier New", courier, monospace;<br/> background-color: #ffffff;<br/> /*white-space: pre;*/<br/>}<br/>.csharpcode pre { margin: 0em; }<br/>.csharpcode .rem { color: #008000; }<br/>.csharpcode .kwrd { color: #0000ff; }<br/>.csharpcode .str { color: #006080; }<br/>.csharpcode .op { color: #0000c0; }<br/>.csharpcode .preproc { color: #cc6633; }<br/>.csharpcode .asp { background-color: #ffff00; }<br/>.csharpcode .html { color: #800000; }<br/>.csharpcode .attr { color: #ff0000; }<br/>.csharpcode .alt <br/>{<br/> background-color: #f4f4f4;<br/> width: 100%;<br/> margin: 0em;<br/>}<br/>.csharpcode .lnum { color: #606060; }</style></p></div></div>
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